ADDITIONAL CIRCULATION
SECOND ADDITIONAL CIRCULATION
ABERDEEN
CITY COUNCIL
To: All Members of the Council
Town House,
ABERDEEN, 17th June, 2008
COUNCIL MEETING
The Members of ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL are requested to meet here in the Town House on WEDNESDAY, 25th JUNE, 2008 at 2.00pm.
RODERICK MACBEATH
HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
B U S I N E S S
1. Admission of Burgesses
* 2. Request for Deputation
MINUTES OF COUNCIL
3. (a) Minute of Special Meeting of Council of 20th April 2008 - for approval (circulated separately)
(b) Minute of Special Meeting of Council of 30th April 2008 - for approval (circulated separately)
(c) Minute of Meeting of Council of 21st May 2008 - for approval (circulated separately)
MINUTES OF STANDING COMMITTEES
4. (a) Pamphlet of Minutes for 22nd April - 12th May 2008 - for information (circulated separately)
OTHER MINUTES
* 5. (a) Minute of Meeting of Urgent Business Committee of 12th May 2008 - for approval
REFERRAL TO COUNCIL
* 6. (a) Policy and Strategy (Education) Committee of 10th June 2008 - School Estate Strategy - Update on Informal Consultation on Medium Term Options - Report by Head of Planning and Policy for Services to Children and Young People and Head of Resources Development and Delivery
GENERAL BUSINESS
7. (a) Chief Executive’s Progress Report
Would members please note that this report has been circulated separately
* (b) Appointment of Assessors to the Dean of Guild - Report by Head of Service, Office of Chief Executive
* (c) Baillie John Porter Award - Report by Chief Executive
* (d) Council Diary 2009 - Report by Head of Democratic Services
* (e) Licensing Board/Objections by Aberdeen City Council - Report by Head of Democratic Services
* (f) Appointment of Lead Councillor for Regeneration - Report by Head of Democratic Services
(g) Electoral Boundaries Working Group - Appointment of member to replace Councillor Boulton
* (h) The National Concordat - Report by Head of Performance Management and Quality Assurance
(k) Change Management Framework - 30 Month Plan - Report by Head of Service Design and Development (to follow)
* (l) Aberdeen Local Plan - Adoption - Report by Head of Planning and Infrastructure
(m) Haudagain Junction Improvement - Report by Head of Planning and Infrastructure (to follow)
* (o) Gender Equality Scheme Annual Report 2008 - Report by Head of Community Planning and Regeneration
(r) Transition Extreme Sports - Report by Corporate Director for Neighbourhood Services (South Area) (to follow)
(s) Draft Annual Accounts 2007/08
(i) Report by City Chamberlain (to follow)
(ii) Draft Annual Accounts (to be circulated under separate cover)
Would members please take the draft annual accounts to the meeting
* (t) Application for Financial Assistance - Report by City Chamberlain
(u) Scottish Government Consultation - “A Fairer Tax for Scotland” - Report by City Chamberlain (to follow)
* (w) European Cities Against Drugs - Report by Chief Executive
(x) Business Plan for the Running of Doonies Farm by the Friends of Doonies Charitable Organisation - Report by Head of Shelter and Environment (South Area) (to follow)
(y) Tied Tenancy Policy - Report by Head of Planning and Policy for Services to Adults (to follow)
QUESTIONS
8. (a) Councillor Young
To the Convener of Policy and Strategy
(1) “To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener to converse with the Education spokesperson and confirm or otherwise if the Head Teacher of Torry Academy was offered the joint position of Head Teacher of Kincorth and Torry Academy without any consultation or involvement with the Parents Council?”
(2) “To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener if she agrees or otherwise that the protection of our employees is of paramount importance to this Council?”
(3) “To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener, despite writing to her on two separate occasions and receiving no reply, is she has considered my proposal to hold a cross party investigation into the findings of the recent employment tribunal involving Aberdeen City Council?”
(4) “To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener if she would agree or otherwise that the National Health Service introduced by a Labour Government is perhaps the most significant and most important achievement in politics over the last 60 years and would she join with me in wishing the National Health Service a very happy 60th birthday on the 5th of July 2008?”
(5) To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener is she would join the Labour Group in congratulating Sir Moir Lockhead on his knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours?”
(6) To ask the Policy and Strategy Convener to confirm or otherwise that the Council she leads used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2002 on 91 occasions. To further ask who authorised these powers and confirm or otherwise if these powers have been used against any Elected Member?”
To the Convener of Resources Management
(1) “To ask the Resources Management Convener if he took any legal advice before he spoke at the Accounts Commission hearings?”
(2) “To ask the Resources Management Convener if the City Chamberlain is satisfied with the answer he gave me in relation to Marischal College regarding the value of the asset following all works being carried out (question 7 at Council on 13th February 2008)?”
To the Chief Executive
(1) “To ask the Chief Executive if emails, letters, phone calls and any other form of communication from staff of this Council to Elected Members is covered by The Human Rights Act 1988 Article 8 the right of privacy?”
(2) “To ask the Chief Executive if he has carried out an investigation following the claims by the Deputy Leader of the Council and Group Leader of the SNP Group into his assertions that officers lied to the Council?”
(b) Councillor Collie
To the Lord Provost
(1) “To ask the Lord Provost if he will be endorsing fully Cove Rangers FC’s bid to join the Scottish Football League?”
MOTIONS
9. (a) Councillor Graham
“That the Council reviews its Standing Orders to ensure that when participating in Community Planning it does so in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and, in particular, the observance of the equal opportunity requirements as required by section 59(1) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003.”
(b) Councillor Dunbar
“That the Head of Joint Procurement urgently review all school transport contracts to ensure best value and to report back to the relevant Committee at an early date.”
(c) Councillor Donnelly
“Calls on this Administration to introduce a levied ‘Trades Annual Parking Permit’ to assist the city’s plumbers, electricians and joiners etc. to carry out their work unhindered in the city’s parking zones. This would not apply to parking in no parking areas.”
(d) Councillors Wisely and Yuill
“That this Council agrees to support the campaign to retain Mannofield Post Office and in particular notes that:
1. Mannofield Post Office is a well used local facility that forms part of a vibrant local retail area.
2. That there is a significant number of older people in the area.
3. Public transport links to the Post Office’s identified alternative local post offices are, as the Post Office has itself admitted, very poor.
4. That walking to the Post Office’s identified alternatives, Garthdee and Seafield Post Offices, involves tackling steep hills.
5. That neither of the Post Office’s identified alternatives offers the facility to pay road tax, a service currently offered by Mannofield Post Office.
And instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Post Office in these terms.”
(e) Councillor Cooney
“This Council recognise the solid foundation of the Accounts Commission findings that our two largest services lack leadership and direction and agrees that a Director of Education should be appointed as soon as possible.”
(f) Councillor Crockett
“This Council recognise the solid foundation of the Accounts Commission findings that our two largest services lack leadership and direction and agrees that a Director of Social Work and Housing should be appointed as soon as possible.”
(g) Councillor Hunter
“That the City Council recognise the achievements of Michelle Thomson, an Aberdeen girl, born and bred in the Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. She has recently won the Scottish Women’s Golf Championship and was also selected for the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Curtis Cup played against the USA at St. Andrews.”
(h) Emergency Motion by Councillor Dean - received on 16th June 2008
“That this Council reaffirms its acknowledgement of the role of Cove Rangers FC as ambassadors for the city, expresses its support for their application to gain entry to the Scottish Football League, and authorises the Leader of the Council to accept the invitation issued by Cove Rangers to join their deputation at Hampden Park on 3rd July 2008.”
REPORTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION
10. (a) Equal Pay and Modernisation Proposals - Report by Head of Human Resources
Would members please note that this report will be circulated separately
* (b) Hiring of External Contractor - Estate Agency Services - Report by Head of Resources Development and Delivery
Referred simpliciter by Resources Management Committee of 3rd June 2008
(c) Staffing Business Cases - referred by Resources Management Committee of 3rd June 2008
* (i) Cases Officer - North Housing Team - revised business case
* (ii) Customer Service Development Programme - original business case and amendment
* (d) Aberdeen Sports Village - Sports Trust Shareholder Monitoring Board - Report by Head of Economic and Environmental Sustainability
(e) Revised Contract Award - Temporary Labour - Report by Head of Procurement (to follow)
* (f) Approval of the Preferred Tender for the Multi-Service Community Facility at Woodside - Report by Head of Culture and Learning, Neighbourhood Services (Central Area)
(g) Market Testing Grounds Maintenance Services - Report by Head of Shelter and Environment, Neighbourhood Services (South Area) (to follow)
* (h) Adjustments to the Strategic Leadership Structure - Report by Corporate Director for Strategic Leadership
* circulated herewith
Should you require any further information about this agenda, please contact Martyn Orchard by telephone on 523097 or at morchard@aberdeencity.gov.uk
